The consensus seems to be a further conundrum for monetary policy makers about what to do next.

"The persistence of the downward trend in unemployment, coupled with still-stagnant wage growth, will keep the lights burning late into the night at the Fed, but it will do nothing to settle the differences between the policy hawks and doves," Pantheon Macro's Ian Shepherdson said. "Treasuries, however, have made up their own mind..."

Here are the jobs added by industry:

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Here are the alternative unemployment rate measures, which fell across the board: